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- From: jlevine@rd.hydro.on.ca (Jody Levine)
- Subject: Re: What would you ride on a long distance
- Message-ID: <1992Nov19.005556.23754@rd.hydro.on.ca>
- Organization: Ontario Hydro - Research Division
- References: <1992Nov17.220833.7211@spdc.ti.com> <1edp07INN8l1@sixgun.East.Sun.COM> <1992Nov18.184641.18722@spdc.ti.com>
- Date: Thu, 19 Nov 92 00:55:56 GMT
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- In article <1992Nov18.184641.18722@spdc.ti.com> crowder@epcot.spdc.ti.com (Mark Crowder) writes:
- >In article <1edp07INN8l1@sixgun.East.Sun.COM> egreen@east.sun.com writes:
- >>
- >>Throttle steering?
- >>
- >>Sure, on a bike with a sidecar, but on a motorcycle?
- >>
- >>Enlighten me.
- > When you turn a bike on a loose surface, the front tire pushes out
- >a certain amount. The trick is to regulate the amount of 'push'
- >(slippage) of the rear tire with throttle. 'A little more throttle'
- >steers to the inside of the turn, 'a little less throttle' straightens
- >things up. Chopping the power suddenly spills the bike or high - sides
-
- I guess that it's different on normal roads. If you've set you lean angle,
- more speed makes you go wide and less speed makes you turn in. It's a good
- way to fine tune, because, in my experience, a *small* change in throttle
- unsettles the suspension less than the equivalent handlebar action. It
- works better speeding up than slowing down.
-
- YMMV, of course.
-
- I've bike like | Jody Levine DoD #275 kV
- got a you can if you -PF | Jody.P.Levine@hydro.on.ca
- ride it | Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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